Moving nearly as quickly as a rapid storm, Warren Fiscal Court has approved bids for generators aimed at providing emergency power to five critical facilities and four other shelter facilities in the county, with federal funds covering most of the cost.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Former Plum Springs Mayor Shedrick Johnson was ordered to serve five years on probation after he admitted to using a city debit card for personal expenses.
Both bourbon enthusiasts and education supporters will have the chance to support a good cause by buying raffle tickets for Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky’s bourbon raffle fundraiser.
Scattered rain showers will be with us Friday as a warm front passes through. We should dry out through the afternoon, with strong, southerly winds bringing a warming trend along with it. It will be sunny, warm and breezy this weekend. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Authorities are attempting to locate a man believed to have been shot earlier this week who is suspected in a burglary.
MIDDLESBORO – Sen. Robin Webb remembers going to Perry County in 1997 to watch the first Rocky Mountain elk release with her father. It was the first step of Kentucky’s elk restoration program, and it took place on reclaimed coal mine land.
A Bowling Green woman was placed on probation for five years Tuesday afternoon for her role in the 2021 death of a man in a pellet gun shooting.
An undercover Kentucky State Police investigation led to the arrest Tuesday of an Edmonson County man suspected of sharing images of child sex abuse material online.
Nearly 30 individuals were sworn in as new United States citizens during a Naturalization Ceremony within Mammoth Cave on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
ALLEN COUNTY — Ten Allen County educators met Tuesday for a “signing day” to officially mark their journey to better skills and higher pay.
Sunny skies join light northwest winds Thursday, keeping weather comfortable. A warm front will lift north over the region Thursday night into Friday, bringing hit-and-miss showers and storms. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Tickets are now on sale for "NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet," which will be performed at 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at SKyPAC.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
While presidential campaigns are now promoted almost exclusively via commercials, with some bumper stickers and yard signs thrown in, there was a time when items like buttons, decorative plates, spoons and handkerchiefs were widely used to promote candidates.
A Barren County man accused in connection with a deadly stabbing has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence.
The Bowling Green Independent Schools Board of Education on Monday approved the latest round of teacher allocations for the 2024-25 school year.
Decreasing clouds will allow for sunshine to take back over Wednesday. Thursday will be similar, before shower and storm chances return Thursday night on into the final day of the work week.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Bowling Green Fire Department Chief Justin Brooks said the department aims for a six- to seven-minute response time from the moment a 911 call comes in to the moment firefighters arrive at a fire.
SHELBYVILLE – In the early days of COVID, Gov. Andy Beshear said he was “outraged.”
Sunny skies will be with us Tuesday with some more clouds anticipated in the afternoon. A passing front will bring likely rain showers overnight, which should taper off rather quickly on Wednesday, allowing sun to reclaim the skies. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Glasgow Police Department Sgt. Cameron Murrell was seriously injured, and his wife, Tracy York-Murrell, was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in Taylor County.
The Warren County Public School’s multi-million dollar Impact Center for Leadership and Innovation is one step closer to taking shape.
A federal grand jury has indicted a man accused of traveling from Owensboro to Bowling Green for what he believed would be a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old.
At a time when the real estate business is in flux and faces an increased demand for housing locally, southcentral Kentucky Realtors have new leadership.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Federal prosecutors have requested that measures be taken to protect the identities of a number of witnesses anticipated to testify at the upcoming trial of a Bowling Green man accused of fighting with ISIS.
Aiming to help address a growing need for housing in Warren County, developer Rodney Rogers is doubling down on his plan to build an apartment complex near Ephram White Park in the Bristow community.
Several candidates in Warren County’s Republican primary election spoke at the Bowling Green Country Club Thursday night for a meeting of the Republican Women’s Club of Southcentral Kentucky.
A healthy mix of sun and clouds will be with us as we finish out the weekend. More sunshine arrives as we kick off the new work week before rain and storm chances follows late Tuesday into Wednesday. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Friday, April 19, 2024
FRANKFORT – The longest “long” legislative session in many years wrapped up on April 15.
A big red beam covered with names will forever sit tucked away in the skeleton of Western Kentucky University’s new Gordon Ford College of Business building.
A man who was accused of trying to set up a sexual tryst with an undercover agent who posed online as a 14-year-old pleaded guilty in federal court.
The following people were indicted Wednesday by a Warren County grand jury:
More than eight pounds of suspected methamphetamine was seized from the Denali Street home of a Bowling Green man who was arrested Thursday on multiple drug offenses, police said.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The City of Bowling Green’s carbon footprint may soon be cut down after the Bowling Green City Commission approved Tuesday a grant submission totaling $49,999,999 to the Environmental Protection Agency.
A veritable who’s-who of local and state leaders Thursday descended on the National Corvette Museum to celebrate the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce’s recognition by Site Selection magazine.
For Emily Lehman, a fifth-grade teacher at W.R. McNeill Elementary, math is about more than numbers – it is about people.
Kentucky Community and Technical College System President Ryan Quarles stopped by Bowling Green on Tuesday during a statewide tour of Kentucky’s 16 community colleges.
SKyPAC will soon begin work on an expansion of its facility in Bowling Green, after the organization received an allocation from the state totaling $8.5 million.
A community celebration of art is coming to Bowling Green this weekend with the return of the White Squirrel Arts Fest.
For those who want to catch a show by the Far Off Broadway Players, tickets are now available for this year’s remaining productions.
Sunny skies will join very warm temperatures throughout Thursday. A few storms may fire up during the afternoon before becoming widespread overnight into early Friday morning. Some storms could become strong to severe. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris has seen the world alongside her four-piece bluegrass band, The Kody Norris Show, with a fiddle tucked beneath her chin – but she still remembers the side streets and alleys around T.C. Cherry Elementary where she once rode her bike.
A Bowling Green man tied to two instances of fentanyl poisoning, one of them fatal, took criminal responsibility for both overdoses.
A new stoplight on Campbell Lane at the entrance to the under-construction Menards is set to become active at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Historian Nicky Hughes will present “Laudanum and Leeches,” a program that will detail the medical theories, treatments and medications to and endured by our ancestors, at 7 p.m. May 2 at the Sandford Duncan Inn.
Likely shower and storm chances will join a passing cold front Wednesday. Some storms could be strong to severe. We’ll catch a brief break during the daylight hours of Thursday before more rounds of rain arrive Thursday night into Friday. For more forecast info, see https://wxornotBG.com.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
FRANKFORT — Kentucky is a year closer to legalized medical marijuana, and the state legislature is making its final preparations.
FRANKFORT — After 60 days of work, Kentucky’s lawmakers went home Monday until next year’s session.
The criminal case against a man accused of setting a deadly fire at his apartment may be headed toward a resolution.
The first National Park Week was held in 1991 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Park Service. This year’s celebration of all 429 National Parks will commence Saturday.
Journalist Manuel Calloquispe’s work in his hometown of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, has made him the target of angry gold miners and profiteers of the Amazonian rainforest’s destruction.
Clouds will increase throughout Tuesday, with a few hit-and-miss showers possible. Strong to severe storm chances arrive overnight into Wednesday, with another round slated late Thursday into Friday.
Monday, April 15, 2024
FRANKFORT – Kentucky lawmakers were busy undoing Gov. Andy Beshear’s work Friday, on the penultimate day of session.
A driver who was witnessed crossing oncoming traffic before crashing his car into a pole on University Drive, causing a fire, told police he was mad about being charged for someone else's order at Burger King when asked why he was driving all over the road, according to an arrest citation.
A federal indictment claims that a Bowling Green man stole in excess of $1 million from his employer over more than a decade, stashing the money in an account he created.
Operation PRIDE has given out well over a thousand trees to Bowling Green residents since tornadoes damaged much of the city’s canopy coverage in December 2021 – but the organization is far from finished.
A two-vehicle crash Saturday evening at an Allen County intersection left one woman dead and others injured.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
FRANKFORT – A bill potentially bringing guardians into schools as a stopgap safety measure will become law.
GLASGOW – A suspect in a deadly stabbing in Barren County had apparent bloodstains on his jacket and one of his shoes when he was arrested, a detective testified.
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